5 things to know for Wednesday in Pennsylvania

A daily look at late-breaking news, coming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Wednesday:

ANOTHER WINTER STORM ON HORIZON AS ELECTRICITY RESTORED FROM LAST ONE

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for parts of eastern and central Pennsylvania. The warning stretches from Wednesday night through Friday morning and calls for 6 to 12 inches of snow. Meanwhile, only a few hundred people are still without power from last week's ice storm.

MARCELLUS SHALE WELL FIRE STILL BURNING IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

Chevron has brought in an expert team of firefighters from Houston to battle the intense blaze in Dunkard Township, about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh. One worker has been treated for minor injuries while another remains unaccounted for.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY JUDGE TOSSES ASSISTED SUICIDE CHARGES AGAINST NURSE WHO HANDED HER DYING FATHER DRUGS

Barbara Mancini of Philadelphia had been charged with giving a nearly full bottle of morphine to her father, Joseph Yourshaw, at his Pottsville home in February 2013 to help him end his life. The judge determined prosecutors didn't prove that Yourshaw intended to take his own life, nor that his daughter helped him do it.

The attorneys have appealed two rulings by federal judges in Pittsburgh who say that Geneva College and various Catholic groups don't have to provide certain types of birth control in employee health plans.

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PUNXSUTAWNEY REPUBLICAN STEPPING DOWN AS HOUSE SPEAKER

State Rep. Sam Smith says he's lost the fire to keep managing the 203-member House and will not run for a 15th term, choosing to retire when his current term ends on Nov. 30.